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This document is also available in <a href="legal_hu.php">Hungarian</a>
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About the use of addresses found in the Linux Counter web pages:
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This counter is located in Norway, and is operated under Norwegian
law.
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The pages are COPYRIGHT under the
<a href="http://www.wipo.org/treaties/ip/berne/index.html">
Berne Convention</a> and the EU database
treaty; single data item usage (like contacting a person) is
<strong>allowed</strong>, but bulk usage (like spamming) is
<strong>illegal</strong> without permission from the database owner.
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Permission to use for mass mailing <b>will not be given</b>.
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Under Norwegian law, it is a crime to send out advertisements without
indicating the source of the address used for the recipient, so all
such use of addresses found from the Linux Counter without attribution is
per se illegal.
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It is also a crime under the
<a
href="http://www.datatilsynet.no/eng">
Norwegian Personal Data Act</a> to use <em>any</em>
database for a purpose other than that for which it has been gathered.
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The Linux Counter data has been seeded with addresses to detect such
usage, and any such usage detected will be prosecuted to the full
extent of the Database Act, the Berne Convention and the Privacy Act.
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<font size=6><b>You have been warned.</b></font>
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